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Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30
Light On the Deal.


A New YORK paper throws some light
on the great Chicago wheat deal, further
developments in which are expected to be
made on next Wednesday, which will be
another delivery day. 1t will then be
determined whether the corner is to be
carried on through June and the shorts
numerically squeezed. 1t is stated that
few days ago the clique received remit
tances from New York and Cincinnati,
amounting to about S6,0OO.OOO, which
brought the total sum now involved in
the deal up to $sl 100000 The holdings
of the clique in grain and options are es-
timated to amount to $4,000, coo bushels,
and as it is understood 81 15 is the figure
aimed at, if the corner is successful, the
clique will win from $e,OO0,O0O to
$4,000. 900, very handsome profit for the
speculators, in which the farmers and the
consumers of the country will not share.
The mystery respecting the principals
in this deal is not cleared up, but it is
quite certain that several Cincinnati mil
ionaires are in the pool, and also the
Standard Oil crowd The Nevada bank
people are probably connected with it,
and Armour Is thought to be assisting the
manipulation by turning all of his wheat
away from Chicago, though he is under
stood not to be in the syndicate. New
York is believed to be represented in the
clique by Edward Cottrell, the heaviest
speculator in the produce exchange of
that city. The syndicate owns to-
day about all the wheat at Chicago,
New York, Toledo. St. Louis and San
Francisco, and probably half the stock in
Liverpool, and has complete control
| of markets for this staple all
over the world. The visible sup
| ply OF wheat-wintcr and sprlng-in the
United States is about 44,50O, 900 bushels
and this is decreasing at the rate of
nearly 1000. 900 bushels week. In one
way and another the syndicate has con
troll Of all this vast product. The indi
cations now are that the corner will be
maintained and that the shorts will be
badly hurt. But the trouble is the con
sequences will not stop with the gambler:
whose misfortune it is to be squeezed
and for whom nobody can have any sym
pathy. II the price of June wheat i!
forced up 30 cents 1t means disaster
to many merchants and failures in the
grain trade everywhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30
A NlCkLE-PLATED CORPSE.
Transforming n Dead Body Into a
Beautiful statue

New York Mercury: "Doctor,"a young
physician recently returned from making
the grand tour was asked, what was the
most remarkable thing you saw in
Europe 81 have no hesitation in an
swering that question:" he rcjoined.
"By far the most interesting and re
markablc sight that came under my OBJ
scrvatlon was Il nicklc plated corpse" "
"a nickle.plated corpse" repeated his
audience OF tive, in wide-awakc amaze
ment. "What are you giving us, doc
tor?'
The group were standing in Cables
Broadway place, and when general
moistening of lips lad been performed
the European tourist proceeded in sub.
stance rs follows: Electro or nickel
plating is the latest and promises to be
by far the most popular form of dealing
with the dead The corpse that 1 saw
so treated was that of II young man--an
only son, whose doting parents had the
body thus preserved. | had heard of the
case in London, ana rs | am much inter
csted in the subject of the disposition of
the body after death | obtained letter
of Introduction and was favored
with II view of the brilliant body.
The method is briefly this The body is
washed with alcohol and sprinkled over
with fine graphite powder to insure the
perfect conduction of electricity 1t is
then placed in bath of metallic solution
containing piece of mctal-sllver,
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30
To ReplaCe the Caucus.

The evils of the caucus system, supple.
mented by the abuses which almost inva-
riablY mark the course of conventions
that are the creation of the caucus, are
we'll understood by all familiar with the
methods Of politics Whatever may former
ly have been the case,a as now managed the
expression of the caucus frequently, and
perhaps rs u rule, misrepresents the true
sentiments of the party. 1t IS the battle
ground of factions, it is the pathway by
which self-serving demagogues make their
way to unmerited recognition, and it is
the nursery of those vices by which the
heelers and strikers in politics profit. So
much has this system degenerated in the
respect of the better class of voters, that
quite generally the caucus is ignored by
them, and being thus surrendered to the
worst elements ofa party, convc ntions
are composed of IN irresponsible class of
delegates who have only their personal
advantages in view, and most of whom
have their price, which may be consid.
Grafton in hand or the assurance of fu-
turc reward. Corruption, in whatever
form, that begins in the caucus is en-.
larged in the convention, and the whole
machinery is manipulated chiefly by q
class of politicians who would be power,
less if they went directly to the whole
body of voters of the party.
All this has been repeatedly pointed
out ana dwclt upon, but the old system
still very generally prevails, with here
and there certain restrictions and regula
tons that may lessen, though they do no,
wholly remove, the evils. These will be
gotten rid of probably only by abandon
ing tho system, since the attempts to re
form 1t have not been found as satisfac
tory in results rs was hoped for. We OBJ
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30
A Put-UD Job.

M. QUAD We left Memphis ut about
So'clock in tho evening, and among the
deck passengers | noticed il couple. man
and wife, who gazcd around rs if they
had never seen steamboat before. They
had an old coffee sack with some cloth
ing in 1t, but no other baggage. They
moved about IN timid way, and both
seemed much afraid of the water.
The boat had not gone five miles down
the river, and the large number of
passengers had not vet settled down,
when there was an unearthly shrek, fol.
lowed by the cry OF man overboard!,'
The boat was stopped and her wheels
backed, and after two or three minutes
it was learned that one OF the couple
have mentioned-the husband--had fallen
overheard. The woman took on IN the
widest manner, crying and moaning
and wrlnging her hands, and when asked
how it happened. she replied:
'He just dun fell over-fell over-fell
over!'
BY that time it was useless to think Of
lowering boat. There was swift cur.
rent running, and as the man had not
cried out there could be no doubt of his
being drowned. Every one pitied the
woman, of course, and when somebody
took off his hat and dropped a tive.dollar
bill into it, it was "go" all around. A
hundred dollars was raised for her in tif-
teen minutes, and she went ashore Mt the
first landing made by the boat, Juggling
far as fernando, Miss. and stopped off
there for two days, taking q second
steamer down OH the third night from
the above occurrence. When l went
down to the levoe saw couple with an
old sack between 'em who reminded me
of the PAIR on the boat, and l also saw
them come aboard. The resemblance
astonshed me, but it had to go for CO
incidence.
The steamer pulled out about 10
O'Clock, and had not been under way
half an hour when there was a loud
shrek, followed by the cry Of Man
| overboardr II was repetition of what
| | have related before, except that some
| of the passengers had gone to bed, and
| the silk purse didn't count up over $40.
| The hat was passed to me, but ! declined
| to chip. The "rccent and grief-stricken
| widow" left the boat ut the first landing,
| and | went to bed with the feeling that
curious condolences were mighty thick
on the Mississippi river. left the boat
| at Helena, and made three days stay,
and was ready to take another boat on
! the down trip, when | ran across that
self-same couple at the levee, waiting
! for the same boat l walked up to them
and said to the man:
| Come, now, this is a square deal, and
! give nothing away. I've seen you
drowned twice, and I've seen this
widow go ashore with breaking heart
the same number OF times. Tell me how
you play it and I'll give you " "
Lets see the money"
| handed ii over, and he slowed 1t away
| in his pocket then replied,
"I've got on a rubber life preserver
under my clothes, as you see, and gen:
| orally make shore within a couple OF
miles. Stranger, don't give it away. We
are poor but honest people,
| solemnly agreed that | wouldn't but
| think they rather mistrusted me, tor
they waited over to catch boat next
night.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30

WE do not wish to meddle with the
business of the police commission, but
we dcsire to impress upon them that they
never can expect to succeed in any radi-
cal Improvement of our police force if
they start out by retaining all the subor-
dinatc officers that have served under
Marshal Cummings. The trouble with
our police force has been a slack disci-
pline, caused chiefly by the easy going,
devil-may- care way of the officers of the
force. The new chief of police cannot
bring about the desired reforms unless he
has competent and efficient aids who
enter into the spirit of the new departure
and will take pridein the soldcrly bearing
and gcntlemanly conduct of our police
men.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30

OMAHA should build more brick build
ings and fewer frames. Brick and stone
buildings create an impression of stabil-
ity and solidity that frame structures no
matter how costly cannot give. Brick
houses are less liable to cause a disas-
trous contlagration. The only drawback
IN Omaha to-day is the excessive cost of
brick and stone. We must have cheaper
brick and an extension of the fire limits
over the entire area within one mile of
the court house.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30
Why don't McShane's editor produce

Why don't McShane's editor produce
a statement from Hon. G. j. Smyth to
sustain his slanderous charge about the
penitcntiary convict labor contract. MIR.
Smyth is democrat and not likely to be
partial to republican paper He has
tho confidence of the workingmen Of
Omaha and is on record as a steadfast
opponent OF the convict labor contract
bill. If McShane's editor can induce MIR.
Smyth to contradict our statement in any
particular we Will plead guilty to the
charge, otherwise the workingmen will
believe him to be slanderer and an un.
mitig atcd fraud
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30
Soldier, Maiden and Flower.

IA piece for Little Miss Trotty to speak at
school on Decoration day.
Sweetheart. take this" soldier said,
And bid me brave goOd-by;
1t may befall We ne'er shall wed,
But love can never die.
"Be steadfast in thy troth to me,
And then whate'er my lot,
MY soul to God, my heart to thee
Sweetheart, forget ne not''
The maiden took the tiny flow'r
And fed 1t with her tears;
Lo, he who left her in that hour
Came not in after years.
Upon the field demon rode
Mid shower of flame and shot,
While in the maden's heart abode
The tiow'r forget-me-not.
And when he came not with the rest
From out those years of blood,
Closely unto her widowed breast
She pressed the withered bud.
Oh, there is love, and there is pain
And there is peace. God wot;
And these dear three do live again
In sweet forget-me-not.
IT'S to his unmarked grave to-day
That | should love to go
Whether he wore the blue or gray,
What need that we should knOwS
"He loved a woman" let us say.
And on that hallowed spot,
To wOman's love that lives for aye,
Well strew forgetme-nOt.
Eugene Field.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30
vas not TO bullied, and lively fight TO

was not to bullied, and lively fight TO
lowed. ...
just as the row was at a most interest.
ing stage, neither dog having secured
any advantage, man with a peg leg
came along and assumed the role
of pcacc.makcr. Standing on his dis
ablcd member and using MS sound limb,
he gave the bone kick and sent it whirl.
ng away.
A second later he was lying IN the
muddy guttcr-thc big dog having yanked
the wooden leg from its fastcnings-and
gazing sadly after his insensiblc but
useful limo as it disappeared around
neighboring corner, borne in the dogs
mouth. -
NATURE usually makes gallant fight
against disease, and when helped by Dr.
j. III. Mclcan's strengthening Cordial
and Blood Purifier will eradicate it from
the system.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30

TIE long threatened suit against
Gould and Sage, by bondholdcrs of the
Kansas Pacific railroad company, prom
iscs to be rich and interesting Gould
and Sage were trustees of the companys
consolidated mortgage and in the famous
deal inquired into by the Pacific railroad
investigating committee they enriched
themselves handsomely. When Gould
and Sage were lately on the stand and
were questioned touching this trustecship p
their answers were followed with equal
attention by committee of the bond
holders, who are seeking to get proper
foundations for their suit for damages
They claim to have what evidence is
necessary to make Gould and Sage dis
gorge some of their fortunes. The
elastic conscience and automatic memory
of Mr. Gould will here be given field to
show themselves at their best, and Mr..
Sage, who possesses the happy secret of
knowing how to swallow himself, will
also, no doubt, make an exhibition that
will cause the friends of Ananias to see
that their lamented friend did not know
the elementary principles of lying.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30

IT is reported that the Ohio friends of
Governor Foraker are again angry be.
cause of n repetition of the charges that
the governor is disloyal to Senator Shcr-
man. These sensitive persons. who are
doubtless the same that came to the de-
Tense of the governor II couple of months
ago, are more likely to do him harm than
good by their excessive zeal, since such
Exaggerated solcitude is apt to invite dis.
trust. Doubtless the best reason there
has over been to question the loyalty of
Foraker to Sherman was fou nd in the
fact that these friends of the governor
manifested an almost indecent eager.
ness, under the circumstances, to manu-
facture boom for him. II does not ap-
pear that they ever received any en-
couragement in this from Foraker, aud
it is undoubtedly unjust to suspect him
of any other than the most hearty de-
sire to promote the chances of Sher-
man. He is on record as an un-
qualified supporter Of the senator for tho
republican nomination in 1888. and a
straightforward political record thus far
just,ies confidence IN the sincerity Of
Governor Foraker's present professions.
We have no doubt he Will be safer to
stand upon this record, so far as the party
at large Is concerned, than to depend
upon the vindication OF his too sensitive
and ferycnt friends.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30

toriously and impudently corrupt, not
in the way of taking small bribes or cash
contributions of Doodle, as vas the case
with the cheap boodlers of some other
legisla lures of the present year, but in
rendering service to wealthy corporations
which could repay with large rewards. Al.
though openly charged in the press with
corruption, no notice whatever was taken
of the allegations, which would midi
cate that pretty much the entire body
was infected. Furthermore, the refusal to
confirm the nomination of Colonel Fred
Grant as quarantine commissioner made
plain the fact that the bossism of the "Me
Too" Platt crowd was complete,
n development that will not
sit well on great many
republican stomachs in New York.
Whatever may have been the motive of
Governor Hill in nominating Colonel
Grant, the fact is unquestionable that
Platt has no proper claim to the office
which he continues to hold by reason of
the obstinacy of the republican senate.
Just at this time it is unfortunate for the
republican party of New York that tins
additional source of dissatisfaction and
discredit has been inflicted upon it. And
Platt has not helped the matter by offer
ing to resign on the condition that
Colonel Grant shall be appointed.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30

PROFESSOR WIGGINs, by whom long
suffering world allows itself to be hum
bugged, has had the unadulterated impu-
dencc to venture another prediction. We
had hoped there was some clause of the
inter state law which would choke off the
predicting professor, but it appears that
he yet has sway.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30

The old Fargo, Dakota, insurance com.
pany, according to recent dispatch, has
assets of $4,000 to pay liabilities of $l25,-
600. This is even worse than the old con-
cern at Beatrice was short time ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30

The authorities at Helena, Arkansas,
have secured requisitlon papers for kis
sane, tho Sonoma millionaire of Cali.
fornia. William will probably get another
chance to deliver n prepared impromptu
speech to Judge and jury.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30

WHEN the BEE stated that Senator
Liningcr is on record against the convict
labor contract bill it told the truth. Mr.
McShanes chronic liar only adds insult
to injury when he asserts that Mr.. Lin
niger voted for the bill. Let him produce
the record or stand self.convictcd as a
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30

THERE is no indication that the real
estate boom will let up. New real estate
agents still continue to sprout IN Omaha
more profusely than weeds after a
May shower
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30
Dakota.

Barnes county pays three cents apiece
for gopher tails.
Arrangements are being made to open
the Black Hills marble deposits, They
are said to be great in extent and fine in
quality.
The Bismarck town council had puri.
tanic attack last Sunday, and in conse-
quence the Sunday laws were vigor ously
enforced.
Fargo's new hotel will be built of brick,
is to be four stories high and supplied
with an elevator and all modern con
veniences. The cost is estimated at
100000.
The Bankers ASSOCIATION of Dakota
closed its meeting at Watertown with a
grand banquet Wednesday Rcdiicid was
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30

OMAHA continues to be the grea: relig-
ious center of the United States. Next
on the programme is the Luthern general
sunnH
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30

IT is to be feared that the record made
by the late legislature of New YORK will
not rebound to the advantage of the re.
publican party of that state. 1t was no.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30


2Sst day of May, 1884,
n. L. FELL.
fSEAL.l Notary Public.
Geo. b. Tzschuck, being first duly sworn,
deposes and says that he is secretary of The
Bee Publishing company, that the actual
average daily circulation of the Daily Bee for
the month of May, lSS6, l., 439 copies; for June,
1886, 1229S copies for July, 1886 II, 4coples;
for August, 1s>6, l2,46i copies; for Septem-
12,9s9 copies for November. 1886, l3,34S
copies for December, 1856, 1927 copies; for
1887, li,l9S copies; for March, 1887, 14,4OO
copies for April, 1887, 1876 copies
GEO. b. TZsCHUCK.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th
day of May, A. d., 1887.
SEAL. n. T.. FELL, Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30

MAJOR BEN: PERLEY POORE is dead.
He took his colon with him.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30

STOP building tinder boxes and fire
traps, whether of frame or brick
veneering.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30

The Italian Rivera continues to have
the shakes. We would suggest a big dose
of quinlne.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30

THERE is fine opening for good cab
met maker in France.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-30
THE DAILY BEE.

GEO. IS. TzsCHuCK.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-15
THE LEAGUE FRANCHISE.
The Chances for Indianapolis Getting 1t Are
Becoming Very Uncertain.

special telegram to the Journal from Chi
eago, last night, stated that the chances of In
dianapois getting into the League was very un-
certain. The telegram adds that the Kansas
City and St Louis committees of purchase and
sale had reported to Mr. Spalding that they had
agreed upon transfer of the Maroon franchise
to the former city. and had asked for the ap-
prevail and consent of the arbitration committee
This consent has not yet been given and cannot
be until the application of Indianapolis has been
acted upon by the committee, which meets in
Pittsburg soon. The Indianapolis people are
now relying upon the favo rable geographical pp-
sition Of this city as the 'open sesame to the
League.
In an interview published in the ST. Louis Re
publican yesterday, Mr. Stromherg is reported
as saying regarding the probability of Indianap-
oils being admitted to the League:
My belief is that Indianapolis hasn't got any
money. and she can't get into the League for less
than $40, geo now-the way the land lies. The
indianapolis people want to get in the League,
believe, but they never offered to buy the Ma
rooms franchise
Will Kansas City stay in the Leaguep
Kansas City can't be voted out of the
League, If that's what you mean. She stands
just as we'll in the League as the Maroons do;
and besides, as far as know. there is no desire
to exclude her.
when will the transfer of the Maroons'
franchise be nader
about the middle of next week'n
Mike Kelley. the right fielder of the Chica-
gos was released by that club yesterday, and
imm ediately signed with Boston The deal had
been in consideration for month, and it is I'M
$40, 600 for his release. He will be paid 50. 900 a
year by his new club. which were his own terms,
and $4,000 for the privilege OF putting his photo
graph in the Boston clubs album.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-15
ST. VALENTINES DAY.
The Immense Amount of Work Its Customary
Observance Made for the Mail.Carriers

The intervention of Sunday to some extent
saved the mailcarriers; otherwise they would
have remembered ST. Valentines day as they
chiefly remember Christmas by the heavy bur-
dens it brings them. As it was, they had an
unusually large amount of matter for delivery,
the love tokens being squares and parallelograms
of all sizes. ranging from the size of a postal
card or less mp to almost the dimensions Of a
fat-car The comic ALMANAC never had such an
extraordinary sale in this city. Pictorial malice
was never so cheap the most outrageous speci-
mems selling as low as FIVE for one cent. Many
Of these are bought by school children for
the caricature alone utterly without regard to
the villainous rhyme or the application OF the
caricature to the foible or vice it is intended to
cauterize The book stores report the sales of
valentines of the better we'll of the baser sorts
to DO in excess of previous years, and the corner
groceries over the city have done considerable
trade in the cheaper varieties. A considerable
number Of valentines have been held for post
age, the senders evidently not being aware that
the postage on drop" letters designed for deliv-
cry require as much postage as letters sent to
distant points
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the plaintiff in the former trial, are for the
defendants One witness from Louisville who,
on the previous trial, was for the plaintiff. was
put on the stand by the defendants yesterday
afternoon, and there was quite sensation
when he was made to say that he, with his wife
bad been boarding at the Surgical Institute for
three weeks, and that he was receiving So per
DAY while here On the other hand. the defend
ants claim that the attorneys for the plaintiff
unduly Influenced witnesses whose dispositions
were taken.
TRIAL OF THE CONFIDENCE MEN.
Louis Fisher and John P. Reynolds, the con-
hdence men, wers indicted for grand larceny last
Friday, and yesterday they were tried before
Judge Irwin. The trial consumed the greater
part OF the day. They both pleaded mot
guilty" and expressed their desire to have trial
by court. Martin Seigel, the German they rob-
bed, told the story of how they secured his
money, as heretofore given. and the only other
witnesses were the officers who made the arrests
No attempt was made at Defense and Ben
Davis their attorney. only asked for the mercy
OF the court. Major Mitchell made very strong
speech for the State, and urged that they be
given long sentence. At o'clock Judge irwin
took the case under advisement, and will render
his decision this morning. The last confidence
men tried in the court sent up for six years
by jury.